$top and $skip are used to limit the amount of data.
This is done by calculating an offset and the number of records to return.
The offset is set using the $skip system query option and the number of items returned via the $top system query option.
If only the first n items are required then it is sufficient to omit the $skip directive.
$top is used to get the list of elements from the top based upon the number that you pass.
$skip is used to skip the first n element based upon the value to specify in there.
http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers?$format=json&$top=2&$skip=10
It will give the 11th and 12th elements as a result.
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